GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2111, 31 March 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TeletrepU—Pr««« Association.—Cosrrlicli j

RUSSIAN ■AIR- FLEET,

The new, njilitary' , 'aerial' programme provides r for.') 326', aeroplanes of the usual type and ten air Dreadnoughts. All will be'cbmpleted by the autumn.

•MINERS'-MINIMUM WAGE,

London, March 29.

The Conciliation Board Committee has arrived at a-settlement in the South Yorkshiro miners'- dispute, pfovidfcd the fortnight's./iiotice,..given by 170,000 Yorkshire minerSj is withdrawn, in connection with the minimum wage.

London, March 30.

Tho Yorkshire- miners have decided not to suspend the-notices, pending a conference. The miners are 120,000 strong. ■ ' ■ . . •'• '

FRANCE TO FINANCE BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro,: March 29.

A group of French banks has decided to . immediately advance . Brazil £1,500,000 towards the loan of £20,000,000. . ': '. . ~

THREATENING A QU.EEN.

' Sofia, March 29. Threatening letters have been received by the Queen of Bulgaria warning her noV to visit America. However, the arrangements are not to be changed.—"Times" and.'Sydney ."Sun" Services. ■ '■',-'■ ' ■.' ■.. , to sons of ,; irish farmers. ' ! London, March 29. ;.,-Mr. William Gibson, chairman of the Goldsmiths' Company, has bequeathed a quarter of a million to the sons of farmers in County Down and County Antrim to provide' them with educational and other advantages. HARRY LATJDER IN SYDNEY. (Rec. March 30, 8.50 p.m.) ■'■■■ Sydney, March.3o. Mr. Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch comedian, arrived in Sydney 'by -the Sonoma to-day. He was given a great ovation, and a procession, headed by pipers, conducted him to his hotel. ; Thousands'of people lined tho streets. GOOD TEETH AMONGST.THE POOR. London, March 28. The London County Council has ascertained that there is a bigger proportion of bad • teeth among the children of the well-to-do than among the poorest, because the poor eat coarse tood, and fewer sweets (tho latter being of boiled sugar only), they have no caramels or chocolates, wliidi cling to the teeth. The Council urges the use of brown bread and fruit. An apple eaten at tho conclusion of a meal leaves the mouth physiolimically clean. —''Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services/

WONDERS OF WIRELESS,

Paris,. March 30.

A tenor who was singing at Brussels was heard at Eiffel Tower by means of wireless.

ORSOVA RELEASED FROM QUAR-

ANTINE, . (Rec. March 31, 0.35 a.m.) Sydnoy, March 30. The Orsova has been released from quarantine.